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I'd like to ask if the following sentence is understandable for English speakers:
Beginning from a kindergarten and to the end of one's life, a person was subjected to ideological influence.
Explanation: In the former Soviet Union, there was a very strict ideological system. Every person was subjected to this system, i.e. experienced its influence all his/her life. When one was in the kindergarten, when one was at work etc.
I'd like to ask if the following sentence is understandable to English speakers:
Beginning from kindergarten and lasting to the end of one's life, a person would be subjected to ideological indoctrination.
Explanation: In the former Soviet Union, there was a very strict ideological system. Every person was subjected to this system, i.e. experienced its influence all his/her life. When one was in the kindergarten, when one was at work etc.
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Yes, I've heard that one. Also, in Russia, there is a very popular expression:
The soldier sleeps, the service goes.
It's a literal translation from Russian. The expression means that a person is present at one's workplace and he/she is doing nothing, but the the employer still pays him/her.
Is it understandable? 
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